Intelligent network service provisioning and maintenance

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having collectively stored thereon executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing resource provider's computer system, cause the computer system to at least:

• receive, from at least one private customer entity network via a direct physical connection between the at least one private customer entity network and the computing resource provider's computer system, a request to make available at least one resource operated by the at least one private customer entity network via a public network, the at least one resource being one of a plurality of connected computing resources of the at least one private customer entity network;
• and
• provision a virtual computer system instance as a network gateway to connect the at least one resource operated by the at least one private customer entity network to the public network via the virtual computer system instance;
• assign a public identifier to the virtual computer system instance;
• advertise the public identifier as being associated with the at least one resource of the plurality of connected computing resources operated by the at least one private customer entity network;
• and
• operate, on behalf of the at least one private customer entity network, the network gateway to serve as a public network access point for the at least one resource operated by the at least one private customer entity network such that traffic received by the network gateway in relation to the public identifier is routed to the private customer entity network via the direct physical connection.

A computer system for enabling public access to one or more private networks, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory, including instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the computer system to at least:
• receive, from a customer entity network device connected to the computer system through a direct physical connection to a private customer entity network, a request for connectivity to a public communications network, the request including an indication of at least one service to apply to network traffic flowing to or from the private customer entity network, the private customer entity network comprising a plurality of connected computing resources that are connected to the customer entity network device;
• instantiate a virtual computer system instance to act as a network gateway to the public communications network on behalf of the private customer entity network;
• assign a public identifier to the virtual computer system instance;
• advertise the public identifier as being associated with the customer entity network device in the public communications network;
• and
• manage network traffic from the public communications network received at the virtual computer system instance, such that at least a portion of the network traffic is routed to the private customer entity network via the direct physical connection and subjected to the at least one service.